Landholders in some states can receive hundreds of thousands of dollars for hosting new transmission lines, contrary to a claim made by David Littleproud on the ABC's Insiders program.

It is being claimed Kamala Harris's VP pick introduced a bill that gives the state the power to take children from parents who object to gender-affirming care.

Social media users have been duped by a fake Senator Mehreen Faruqi quote in which it was claimed she bemoaned "stupud [sic] white people".

Social media posts are attributing fake quotes to Donald Trump, claiming the former president thinks a breakfast staple costs more than $100.

A digitally manipulated image is being used to link the assassination attempt on Donald Trump to the BlackRock investment company.

Social media accounts want Australia's government to respond to the shooting of a journalist in Gaza, but have mistaken the injured woman for an Aussie.

A claim that AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines contain the mpox virus has resurfaced online, two years after previously being proven false.

A clip doing the rounds on social media appears to show the Republican presidential candidate referring to North Carolina when in Pennsylvania, but the full video reveals a different story.

Since US Vice President Kamala Harris picked Walz as her running mate, false claims have circulated suggesting he single-handedly changed the state's flag to reflect the African nation's.

A claim that the state of India has been charged with war crimes in the Middle East pays no attention to international law.

Fake images, likely generated with artificial intelligence technology, are being used to claim Taylor Swift routinely performs satanic rituals during her concerts.

An anti-lockdown activist has shared a claim that vaccination is a leading cause of child mortality in developing countries, but it's not even close to the truth.

Falsehoods about a bill Minnesota governor Tim Walz signed into law in 2023 is being reused to claim Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris wants to protect pedophiles.

An online article has fuelled viral claims that Kiwis can be arrested and forced to be vaccinated under a new pandemic plan, but legal experts say it's false.

It is being falsely claimed that Donald Trump took to social media to warn that mpox could be used to help interfere in the election.

A video supposedly shows a 15km-deep secret tunnel from the Vatican to Maui, but the numbers don't add up.

Posts online suggest that the digitisation of land title registers will turn Australian homeowners into mere tenants, but experts say that's not true.

A pro-Russian commentator living in Sydney has sparked misinformation about military support for Palestinians in Gaza.

Claims about sharia law courts and Muslim influence in Britain are being shared across social media platforms.

Social media users are pointing to an underwater French cave as evidence that human-induced sea level rise is nonsense.